tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2865303956264055731..comments2019-09-15T04:36:24.674-05:00Comments on Althouse: A 14-year-old girl speaks at the Tea Party rally in Madison and is drowned out by chants, boos, and cowbells.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77551351284922225022011-04-25T16:03:17.015-05:002011-04-25T16:03:17.015-05:00The real issue here is being lost by paying attent...The real issue here is being lost by paying attention to liberal morons who deflect and sidetrack; it&#39;s that conservatives have been and continue to be civil, I.e., weak. It&#39;s clearly time to take the gloves off and treat these &quot;takers&quot; the way they treat us. It&#39;s the only thing they will ever understand - strength.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446090720959712715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27539560338244882642011-04-24T18:23:10.567-05:002011-04-24T18:23:10.567-05:00It&#39;s too bad that a 14-year-old girl was heckl...It&#39;s too bad that a 14-year-old girl was heckled. She was probably the smartest and most mature attendant at a teabagger rally.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05157599807923982998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14609819944389233612011-04-18T13:09:20.286-05:002011-04-18T13:09:20.286-05:00@Milwaukee, who stated: &quot;The incivility star...<b>@Milwaukee, who stated: &quot;The incivility started when the elected officials either refused to take their questions or refused to answer their questions.&quot;<br /><br />Typical attempted Republican historical rewrite. In more than too many of those town hall meetings, the elected officials were shouted down and booed before they could even explain what they were there for. <br /><br />You are wrong that shouting down someone - although at times rude - denies one of one&#39;s free speech. To believe so is to deny the shouter - however rude - his or her free speech. <br /><br />Shouting down only denies the target the opportunity to be more easily heard, but not the freedom of speech.<br /><br />Too bad when the Constitution doesn&#39;t always suit your right wing talking points, isn&#39;t it?<br /><br />All you&#39;re left with is a feeble resort to insulting me.</b>Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567847609257034388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54583649256766575162011-04-18T12:26:43.094-05:002011-04-18T12:26:43.094-05:00Hold on there. What the TEA Partiers wanted in tho...Hold on there. What the TEA Partiers wanted in those town hall meetings was a chance to ask questions of their Representatives and Senators. The incivility started when the elected officials either refused to take their questions or refused to answer their questions. <br /><br />If every time a person attempts to give voice to their opinion, they are shouted down, then yes, they have been denied freedom of speech. A vote to close debate is taken after everybody gets a chance to speak. <br /><br />Are you the guy with the shiny red snare drum?Milwaukeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830345164697669429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24391150894781911002011-04-18T12:18:43.257-05:002011-04-18T12:18:43.257-05:00Why all the outrage at the &quot;incivility&quot; ...<b> Why all the outrage at the &quot;incivility&quot; of the protesters? <br /><br />So many of you here seem to have forgotten how you not only gave your bad housekeeping seal of approval but openly cheered and blogged in support when your very ranks disrupted the many town hall meetings convened when attempting to discuss the health care issue.<br /><br />Hypocrisy is thy name.</b>Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567847609257034388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85803187024795924462011-04-18T12:07:24.069-05:002011-04-18T12:07:24.069-05:00Harry that was just brilliant. Of course, justice ...Harry that was just brilliant. Of course, justice delayed is justice denied. What sort of drum do you bring to the Drum Circles of Madison? Do you use a 5-gallon bucket, or do you have a real one?Milwaukeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830345164697669429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64868936740905445192011-04-18T12:02:47.936-05:002011-04-18T12:02:47.936-05:00So many comments here about those on stage being d...<b> So many comments here about those on stage being denied their &quot;freedom of speech&quot;.<br /><br />No one was denied their &quot;freedom of speech&quot;. Those on stage were free to speak their minds, and those in the crowd were free to speak their minds.<br /><br />Let&#39;s not mistake &quot;freedom of speech&quot; with &quot;the right to be heard&quot;. Being &quot;heard&quot; is not a right.</b>Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567847609257034388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10117489862222705622011-04-18T11:49:28.485-05:002011-04-18T11:49:28.485-05:00I find it interesting that so many who posted thin...<b>I find it interesting that so many who posted think that just because someone was:<br /><br />1. 14 years old, and<br />2. a girl<br /><br />such a someone should be exempt from public scorn, as though such a someone is somehow an innocent angel by virtue of age and gender.<br /><br />I prefer to think of the 14 year old girl as too young to really understand the underlying forces at play in Wisconsin, and as someone who is being used to manipulate sympathy for the &quot;cause&quot; BECAUSE she is a 14 year old girl.<br /><br />Typical Tea Party black magic.</b>Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567847609257034388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80485289918569619412011-04-18T11:23:19.623-05:002011-04-18T11:23:19.623-05:00Ah! Home schooled. That explains much about her po...Ah! Home schooled. That explains much about her poise and public speaking ability. She is walking rebuke to the public teachers unions before she says a word.<br /><br />I&#39;ll bet a few bucks that her academic test scores are in the 90th percentile of her peers.<br /><br />Her speech wasn&#39;t the Gettysburg Address, but it wouldn&#39;t have put Joe Biden to sleep either.RightWingNutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06908029170772858813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75783878885562598262011-04-18T10:09:08.719-05:002011-04-18T10:09:08.719-05:00That is really too bad that girl got yelled at lik...That is really too bad that girl got yelled at like that. Here is a link to her speech WITHOUT the hecklers:<br /><br />http://youtu.be/rFpeF4X7Ubo<br /><br />Enjoy!Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470386196542484732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50934652608625327272011-04-17T19:33:09.566-05:002011-04-17T19:33:09.566-05:00I find that the scroll wheel on the mouse works ra...<i>I find that the scroll wheel on the mouse works rather well for this function.</i><br /><br />DBQ, you probably won&#39;t see/read this lol but my AA Groupies: Fen, edutcher, SM, Alex, shouting thomas, hombre, Chef Mojo et al are soooo obsessed w/me they hang on my every word and scrolling is a non-starter to my beloved fans.<br /><br />It&#39;s really quite humbling a few AA lemmings are so infatuated ...shilohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490952508600134457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63133457715070607382011-04-17T18:26:01.548-05:002011-04-17T18:26:01.548-05:00Wrong again punk. a single post ignore function wo...<i>Wrong again punk. a single post ignore function would allow us to ignore your shouting us down. z</i><br /><br />I find that the scroll wheel on the mouse works rather well for this function.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60038031667602443102011-04-17T17:49:49.928-05:002011-04-17T17:49:49.928-05:00While I agree with most of the indignance expresse...While I agree with most of the indignance expressed above, I must say I personally am NOT interested in speeches by 14-year-olds and if I&#39;d been at that rally, I&#39;d definitely have gone for a beer break.<br /><br />Not only is that age-group notorious for sanctimonious pretension, but it&#39;s difficult for me to imagine that she&#39;d have had anything of real value to say - what little I could make out were a few conservative catchwords (which I agree with, but substance is also important).<br /><br />I&#39;ve sat around the table with children as young as 8 who could actually be spoken with almost as equals but it would be a completely different story to have one of them up on a pedestal.<br /><br />Have you never seen e.g. the Greenpeace &quot;us kids are gonna get even&quot; video? There are countless more and the political &quot;side&quot; they may be representing is beside the point.<br /><br />The sanctimony of that age is bad enough, and then given a venue to preachify, with the fawning adoration of adults is something I personally prefer not to witness.Kendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153484243289867090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65016947171971520252011-04-17T17:47:26.841-05:002011-04-17T17:47:26.841-05:00While I agree with most of the indignance expresse...While I agree with most of the indignance expressed above, I must say I personally am NOT interested in speeches by 14-year-olds and if I&#39;d been at that rally, I&#39;d definitely have gone for a beer break.<br /><br />Not only is that age-group notorious for sanctimonious pretension, but it&#39;s difficult for me to imagine that she&#39;d have had anything of real value to say.<br /><br />I&#39;ve sat around the table with children as young as 8 who could actually be spoken with almost as equals but it would be a completely different story to have one of them up on a pedestal.<br /><br />Have you never seen e.g. the Greenpeace &quot;us kids are gonna get even&quot; video? There are countless more and the political &quot;side&quot; they may be representing is beside the point.<br /><br />The sanctimony of that age is bad enough, and then given a venue to preachify, with the fawning adoration of adults is something I personally prefer not to witness.Kendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153484243289867090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29828909171138122172011-04-17T16:08:34.023-05:002011-04-17T16:08:34.023-05:00Indeed, I really did touch a nerve w/my veracity i...Indeed, I really did touch a nerve w/my veracity in this thread.<br /><br />Hopefully many of AA&#39;s lemmings will recover quickly and be back on their feet in a couple days ...shilohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490952508600134457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80764054142646909372011-04-17T15:57:36.571-05:002011-04-17T15:57:36.571-05:00Start bringing electronic billboards (hardwired to...Start bringing electronic billboards (hardwired to prevent hacking) to broadcast the speeches. Record it at the microphone and send it via YouTube in realtime before these brownshirts can react. Use Twitter, Facebook and other social media. Hell, print the speeches in advance and hand out phamplets.<br /><br />Brownshirts use muscle; we use our heads.<br /><br />Lets rollThucydideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09828932214842106266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50775940813175453582011-04-17T15:15:14.503-05:002011-04-17T15:15:14.503-05:00shiloh:As AA&#39;s self-righteous lemmings rail ag...shiloh:<i>As AA&#39;s self-righteous lemmings rail against shouting down free speech at the same time wanting to rid this blog of all liberal free speech.<br /></i><br /><br />Wrong again punk. a single post ignore function would allow us to ignore <i>your</i> shouting us down. You are perpitrating shouting down by hi-jacking threads. Get it?... I didn&#39;t think so. To much logic for you I know.LakeLevelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00589622948142663892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57097847069740331242011-04-17T15:09:14.644-05:002011-04-17T15:09:14.644-05:00Ah shiloh. You are truly a crafty little liberal....Ah shiloh. You are truly a crafty little liberal. An expert at making what seems like nuetral statements, which, when thought about, reveal themselves for what they are. The words of a liberal moron. Tell me, would you consider a 14 year old an &quot;adult&quot; if the situation were reversed and a bunch of conservatives were trying to shut down her right to free speech? Would you claim her parents had &quot;trained her well&quot;, which you used to imply the girl had no opinion of her own. Face it shiloh, you are like most of your freeloader tribe....despicable.edfinneseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03815486433587823080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27644440448037379662011-04-17T14:14:04.054-05:002011-04-17T14:14:04.054-05:00A few words for the UNION Thugs and Teachers&#39; ...A few words for the UNION Thugs and Teachers&#39; Union Members in Wisconsin - vile, despicable, un-American, totalitarians.<br /><br />As Andrew Breitbart stated directly to these low-lives: Go To Hell! <br /><br />You lost; get over it. There isn&#39;t going to be any sympathy from the taxpaying citizens for these CRETINS.orbicularioculihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04245001772815165670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79495895842413946682011-04-17T12:57:22.860-05:002011-04-17T12:57:22.860-05:00I&#39;m not sure about the rest of the commenters,...I&#39;m not sure about the rest of the commenters, but I would expect no less from those who kill a baby in the womb...aikishihanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375918181596819814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40780840509237947672011-04-17T12:47:26.048-05:002011-04-17T12:47:26.048-05:00Funny thing, though. For the last two weeks, one o...Funny thing, though. For the last two weeks, one of my Facebook friends who is a public school teacher has been posting pics from his Spring Break at a resort in Florida. Looks pretty sweet. All these pictures of him lounging at poolside, dining out, parasailing... all while the rest of us who pay his salary were at work in the cold. <br /><br />Now, he&#39;s back, and posting all the pro-union, &quot;don&#39;t let the state cut our benefits&quot; crap he can find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47909429423356684052011-04-17T12:43:54.178-05:002011-04-17T12:43:54.178-05:00The classy thing for the left to do would have bee...The classy thing for the left to do would have been to let the girl speak. But they are incapable of showing such class. <br /><br />And the classy thing for the lefties on this blog to do would have been to acknowledge that their comrades were out of line. Again, they are incapable of showing such class. <br /><br />It&#39;s cool though, isn&#39;t it? Being on the classy side of the debate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73604575090987163602011-04-17T12:06:12.258-05:002011-04-17T12:06:12.258-05:00@hombre @ 11:31am
Yes.@hombre @ 11:31am<br /><br />Yes.Don't Tread 2012https://www.blogger.com/profile/03113877205525601966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33653182269576930632011-04-17T12:05:50.113-05:002011-04-17T12:05:50.113-05:00Blogger rhhardin said...
and giving the finge...<i>Blogger rhhardin said...<br /><br /> and giving the finger to all of the female speakers, including that courageous young woman.<br /><br /> <b>When I was 14 the finger was pretty commonly given all around,</b> and the student class president got no respect.<br /><br /> Children may be more delicate today.<br /><br /> 4/17/11 9:01 AM</i><br /><br />Are you saying that <i>adults</i> commonly gave children the finger when you were 14? Isn&#39;t that what he said - that these were adults, flipping off women and this child?Lombardi Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212161745141459233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50182548961292997972011-04-17T12:03:06.301-05:002011-04-17T12:03:06.301-05:00Garage: Palin represents the interests of middle a...Garage: <i>Palin represents the interests of middle and lower class whites<br /><br />You got a 1/3 of this right.</i><br /><br />Sarah Palin&#39;s never said or done anything that would lead you to believe that she represents a certain race over any other. That&#39;s bullshit and you know it. Pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com